Kam Boy
How popular is Kam?
#3,449 boy name in 2025
33 baby boys were named Kam in the US in 2025, making it the 3449th most popular boy name.
Kam popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,449 for boys (▼ 449 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 33 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-34% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,485 in 2015, #2,924 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (57 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,305 in 2016 |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kam counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cam family of names ranked #1,100 for boys in 2025 (#1,079 the year before), with 164 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cam | 131 | 80% |
| Kam | 33 | 20% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kam is most popular
Babies named Kam per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 boys)
Kam by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1920s | 10 | #4,305 |
| 1950s | 19 | #3,032 |
| 1960s | 57 | #2,307 |
| 1970s | 100 | #2,448 |
| 1980s | 37 | #4,938 |
| 1990s | 42 | #5,816 |
| 2000s | 44 | #7,422 |
| 2010s | 393 | #2,305 |
| 2020s | 261 | #2,551 |
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Questions
- Is Kam a boy or girl name?
- Kam is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kam were boys.
- How popular is the name Kam?
- 33 baby boys were named Kam in the US in 2025, making it the 3449th most popular boy name.
- When was Kam most popular?
- Kam peaked in 2016, when 57 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,305 in 2016.
- How many people are named Kam?
- 1,353 babies have been named Kam in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,275 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Kam most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kam was most common in Washington, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.